Venafi Labs Analysis: Hearts Continue to Bleed Heartbleed One Year Later – Vast Majority of Global 2000 Organizations Remain Vulnerable to Cyberattacks Executive Summary – “Using the recently released Venafi TrustNet certificate reputation service, the Venafi Labs team re-evaluated SSL/TLS vulnerabilities in Q1 2015 and found that most Global 2000 organizations have failed to completely… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Census Bureau Releases Updated Tables on Fertility
“The U.S. Census Bureau released new tables and figures today using the 2014 Current Population Survey’s Fertility Supplement, which includes fertility and relationship data for women age 15 to 50. The tables include information on children ever born, rates of childlessness, and relationship status at first birth for women with selected demographic characteristics. In addition,… Continue Reading
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
Insurance Information Institute – Terrorism Risk Insurance Program – Renewed and Restructured – April 2015. “Since its initial enactment in 2002 the terrorism risk insurance program has been revised and extended three times. The most recent extension—the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TRIPRA)—ensures its continuation until December 31, 2020. On January 8,… Continue Reading
Persistent cold air outbreaks over North America in a warming climate
Environmental Research Letters – IOP Science – Persistent cold air outbreaks over North America in a warming climate – 2015 Environ. Res. Lett. 10 044001 “This study examines future changes of cold air outbreaks (CAOs) using a multi-model ensemble of global climate simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and high resolution regional… Continue Reading
Legislating for Drones: A Guide and Model Ordinances
McNeal, Gregory S. and Rule, Troy A., Legislating for Drones: A Guide and Model Ordinances (April 2, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2589975 “Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, present enormous benefits for local government officials, but they are also creating new conflicts with existing land uses. The growing popularity of drones necessitates… Continue Reading
Are BHC and Federal Reserve Stress Test Results Converging? What Do We Learn from 2015?
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Liberty Street Economics – Beverly Hirtle, Anna Kovner, and Eric McKay: “In March, the Federal Reserve and thirty-one large U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs) announced results of the latest Dodd-Frank Act-mandated stress tests. Some commentators have argued that BHCs, in designing their stress test models, have strong incentives… Continue Reading
Army – Cultural and Situational Understanding
ATP 3- 24.3 Cultural and Situational Understanding. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Headquarters, Department of the Army, April 2015. “Understanding culture is essential in conducting irregular warfare. Irregular warfare requires a deliberate application of an understanding of culture due to the need to understand a populated operational environment, what specifically is causing instability,… Continue Reading
Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields
“This supplement to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves, 2013 ranks the 100 largest U.S. oil and gas fields by their estimated 2013 proved reserves. EIA defines a field as “an area consisting of a single reservoir or multiple reservoirs all grouped on, or related to, the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Coast Guard, Combating Nuclear Smuggling, Federal Reserve Banks’ Information Systems Controls
Coast Guard: Timely Actions Needed to Address Risks in Using Rotational Crews, GAO-15-195: Published: Mar 6, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 6, 2015. Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Research and Development on Radiation Detection Technology Could Be Strengthened, GAO-15-263: Published: Mar 6, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 6, 2015. Management Report: Areas for Improvement in the Federal Reserve… Continue Reading
The Deep, Dangerous Problems Of America’s Aging Gas Infrastructure
FastCoExist: “While it’s still not known what caused the gas explosion and building collapse tragedy that killed two people in New York City last week—the mayor has said the building owner might have been “inappropriately” tapping the gas line—what is clear is that one of the nation’s oldest cities has a problem with its aging… Continue Reading
Latest Research Finds Serious Heart Troubles When Oil and Young Tuna Mix
NOAA: “In May of 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon rig was drilling for oil in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico, schools of tuna and other large fish would have been moving into the northern Gulf. This is where, each spring and summer, they lay delicate, transparent eggs that float and hatch near… Continue Reading
EU Material deprivation statistics – early results
“Eurostat disseminates early results for severe material deprivation rates so that trends in poverty levels can be tracked more closely. 2014 data are available for over half the European Union (EU) Member States, and Iceland. The coverage and the timeliness is expected to increase in the coming years. Latvia and Hungary have provided final data… Continue Reading
